Can dogs eat Ground pork?
Ground pork（豚ひき肉）
Safe to feed
A ground meat rich in vitamin B1, with fat on the higher side.
Cook first
Feed this food cooked.
209 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
Finely ground pork. Per 100g: 209kcal, 17.7g of protein, and 17.2g of fat. At 0.69mg, its vitamin B1 is high even among meats.
Store-bought ground pork varies in fat depending on the cuts used, so treat these figures as a guide.
How to serve
Pork calls for caution about parasites and Aujeszky's disease. Aujeszky's disease causes severe illness in dogs, and Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries asks that pork not be fed raw to pets but cooked thoroughly.
Nutrition
Ground pork (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 209 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 17.7 g |
| Fat | 17.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.1 g |
| Calcium | 6 mg |
| Phosphorus | 120 mg |
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| Fiber | 0 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 64.8 g |
| Sodium | 57 mg |
| Potassium | 290 mg |
| Magnesium | 20 mg |
| Iron | 1 mg |
| Zinc | 2.8 mg |
| Copper | 0.07 mg |
| Iodine | 1 µg |
| Selenium | 19 µg |
| Manganese | 0.01 mg |
| Vitamin A | 9 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0.4 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.5 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.69 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.6 µg |
| Vitamin C | 1 mg |
| EPA | 0 mg |
| DHA | 9 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 74 mg |
In food-energetics terms
In traditional food therapy, this is classified as 'neutral'—neither warming nor cooling the body.
(Food energetics is a long-standing idea of supporting the body through everyday meals. Treat it as one extra hint alongside the nutrition numbers.)
How much for your dog?
Get daily estimates from weight and activity level.